The event takes place May 11 at Palladium Ballroom in Caesars Atlantic City in New Jersey.

The night’s main card, including Straus vs. Sandro, airs on MTV2 (and in high-definition on EPIX). Spike.com streams the night’s prelims.

The tournament winner earns $100,000 in total pay and a guaranteed title shot with reigning champion Pat Curran or upcoming challenger and recent tourney winner Patricio “Pitbull” Freire.

Fighting a week after the death of teammate Chris Smith due to a car accident, Straus pulled out of a unanimous-decision victory over Mike Corey in Friday’s semifinal-round fight. Straus, a season-four tourney runner-up to Patricio Freire, met Corey after defeating Jeremy Spoon via decision in the season-six opening round. The Cincinnati-based fighter is now 15-1 over his past 16 fights.

Sandro, a former World Victory Road/Sengoku and Pancrase champion, was a runner-up in Bellator’s “Summer Series” featherweight tournament to Curran. Since then, he’s picked up a non-tourney victory over Rafael Dias and season-six tourney wins over Roberto Vargas and Alexandre Bezerra. He’s now 5-1 since losing his Sengoku belt to Hatsu Hioki in late 2010.

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